LEAD ARTICLE – DECEMBER 2018 Trick or Treat? You may have read an article last month in a state-wide newspaper concerning “claim farming”. Some of the figures quoted were rather alarming – for instance, a figure of $75 per year … Read More
GENERAL ADVICE – DECEMBER 2018 TIPS FOR CONVERSATIONS, WHETHER THEY ARE VERBAL OR WRITTEN Members of an audience will be struck by the dramatic difference in modes of delivery between legal practitioners and medical practitioners. Whilst there will always be … Read More
CASE VIGNETTE – DECEMBER 2018 ASSESSING SPINAL INJURIES USING THE AMA 5 GUIDES Chapter 15 of the AMA 5 Guides explains specifically that whenever possible, the Diagnosis Related Estimate method should be employed. For example, if there is a fracture … Read More